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CAIRO — An Egyptian fact-finding mission has determined that Hosni Mubarak watched the uprising against him unfold through a live TV feed at his palace, despite his denial that he knew the extent of the protests and crackdown against them, a member of the mission said yesterday.

The mission’s findings increase pressure for a retrial of the 84-year old ousted president who already is serving a life sentence for the deaths of 900 protesters. But its report could hold both political gain and danger for his successor, Mohammed Morsi. A new prosecution of Mubarak would be popular, since many Egyptians were angered that he was convicted only for failing to stop the killing of protesters rather than for ordering the crackdown.

But the report also implicates the military and security officials in protester deaths. Any move to prosecute them could spark a backlash from powerful generals and others who still hold positions under Morsi’s government.

Rights activists said they would watch how aggressively Morsi pursues evidence from the fact-finding mission he ordered.

“This report should be part of the democratic transformation of Egypt and restructuring of security agencies,” said Ahmed Ragheb, a member of the commission and a rights lawyer. “At the end of the day, there will be no national reconciliation without revealing the truth and ensuring accountability.”

Morsi, an Islamist from the Muslim Brotherhood, asked the commission to send the report to the chief prosecutor Talaat Abdullah to investigate new evidence, his office said yesterday.

Morsi recently appointed Abdullah to replace a Mubarak holdover who many considered an obstacle to strongly prosecuting former regime officials.

One key new finding by the commission was that Mubarak closely monitored the crackdown.

Ragheb said state TV had designated an encrypted station that fed live material of clashes between protesters and security forces from cameras in and around Tahrir Square directly to Mubarak’s palace.

“Mubarak knew of all the crimes that took place directly. The images were carried to him live, and he didn’t even need security reports,” said Ragheb. “This entails a legal responsibility” in the violence against the protesters.

At least 11 people reportedly were killed in one attack; about 25 former ruling-party members have been acquitted.

Mubarak had said he was kept in the dark by top aides and fended off charges that he ordered or knew of the deadly force.